Support.



F. W. CERNY.

SUPPORT.

APPLICATION HLED name, 1911.

1,286,940. Patented Dec. 10, 1918.

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FRANK W. GERNY, or MESA, ARIZONA.

SUPPORT.

Application filed December 6,1917. Serial No. 205,841.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK W. CERNY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Mesa, in the county of Maricopa and State of Arizona, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Supports, of Which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to supports, and it relates more particularly toan improved form of duplex hook.

One of the objects of this invention is to provide means whereby a bagor the like may be supported while the liquid contents of the bag aredrained therethrough into a receiving vessel.

Another object of the invention is to pro vide a device of thischaracter to which the bag may be quickly applied, and from which it maybe quickly removed.

Another object is to provide a device of this character which is of suchsimple construction that its cost is reduced to the minimum.

Other objects and advantages may become apparent to persons who read thefollowing details of description in connection with the accompanyingdrawings in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating my improved duplex hook inuse.

Fig. 2 is a front elevation view and Fig. 3 is a somewhat enlargedsectional 1 view, the section being taken along the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Referring to these drawings, in which similar reference characterscorrespond with similar parts throughout the several views, the supportA and bag B constitute no part of my invention. lhe invention consistsbroadly in ,an open hook 5, a normally closed hook 6 and a supplementalhook 7. This device is formed of a single length of somewhat resilientwire, and the'hook 5 is preferably formed of two parallel portions ofthe wire which is bent back upon itself at 8. These parallel portions,which are designated by the numeral 9, terminate at a point between theextreme ends of the hooks 5 and 6, and one end portion of the wire iscoiled around a section of the wire at the base of the hook 6, as shownat 10. One end of the wire constitutes the free end of the hook 6, whilethe other end of the wire forms a supplemental hook 7 and engages thefree end of the hook 6. However, the hook 7 is open sufliciently toallow the free end 11 of the hook 6 to be engaged and disengagedtherewith at the will of the operator. The hook 6 is substantiallyvshaped when in its open position, and is preferably somewhat convergenttoward its bight portion 12 when in the closed position shown in Fig. 1.However, because of its resiliency, the end portion 11 is primarilyspaced a suflicient distance from the hook 7 to allow the neck of a bagto be passed between the elements 7 and 11; but upon moving the end 11from its dotted line position to its full line position, it clamps theneck of the bag so as to prevent the same from slipping or becomingdisengaged from the hook 6. However, in order to insure the security ofthe bag in the hook 6, the neck of the bag may be tied into a knot, asillustrated in Fig. 1 ,but preferably. the neck of the bag is not tied,but is passed only once around the free element or clamping jaw of thehook 6, in the form of a half hitch, which insures the security of thebag, and at the same time avoids the trouble and waste of time in tyingand untying the bag. This feature is of great importance in the art ofjelly making, and especially in factories where it is necessary toproduce the jelly at the least possible expense.

In using this device in jelly making, the hooks may be applied to thebags as soon as the latter have been filled with the juicecontainingmaterial. The line A is stretched over a juice-receiving trough or tank,and so, the jelly bags B may be suspended from the line A by my improvedduplex hooks, so that the jelly juice falls between the fibers of thebags into the troug From the foregoing description, it will be seen thatI have provided a very simple, comparatively inexpensive and thoroughlypractical and effective device for use in the art of jelly making, andalso for supporting bags and the like for other purposes.

Although I have described this embodiment of my invention minutely, itis to be understood that my invention is not limited to these exactdetails of construction, but I may make such ch.nges that do notconstitute a departure from the inventive idea set forth in the appendedclaims.

What I claim is:

A hanger support, consisting of a single length of wire having an endportion folded upon itself to provide a loop, and having the oppositeend portion doubled upon itself and bent to provide a suspending hook Intestimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

FRANK W. GERNY.

and having the end of the doubled portion coiled about the main portionof the Wire and extended laterally therefrom and termi-' nating in ahook to detachably engage the free end of the folded portion of the Wireto secure and prevent the spreading of the members comprising the said10 0p.

Witnesses:

CHAS. L. DIEHL, J ESSE F. KELLY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0.

